diagram

[ dahy-uh-gram ]
/ ˈdaɪ əˌgræm /
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noun

a figure, usually consisting of a line drawing, made to accompany and illustrate a geometrical theorem, mathematical demonstration, etc.
a drawing or plan that outlines and explains the parts, operation, etc., of something: a diagram of an engine.
a chart, plan, or scheme.

verb (used with object), di·a·gramed or di·a·grammed, di·a·gram·ing or di·a·gram·ming.

to represent by a diagram; make a diagram of.

Origin of diagram

1610–20; < Latin diagramma < Greek: that which is marked out by lines. See dia-, -gram1

OTHER WORDS FROM diagram

di·a·gram·ma·ble, adjective mis·di·a·grammed, adjective un·di·a·gramed, adjective un·di·a·grammed, adjective

Words nearby diagram

diagonal cloth, diagonal conjugate, diagonal matrix, diagonal process, diagonalize, diagram, diagrammatic, diagraph, diakinesis, dial, dial down

Words related to diagramming

chart, outline, arrange, calculate, predict, propose, forecast, see, estimate, envisage, delineate, portray, depict, paint, chalk, expound, describe, define, justify, illustrate

Example sentences from the Web for diagramming

  • The task of diagramming a territory for invasion is one after Henry H. Rogers' own heart.

    Frenzied Finance |Thomas W. Lawson

  • In diagramming anything Flint could come to be certain that he had been a slow one.

    Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein |Gertrude Stein

British Dictionary definitions for diagramming

diagram
/ (ˈdaɪəˌɡræm) /

noun

a sketch, outline, or plan demonstrating the form or workings of something
maths a pictorial representation of a quantity or of a relationship a Venn diagram

verb -grams, -gramming or -grammed or US -grams, -graming or -gramed

to show in or as if in a diagram

Derived forms of diagram

diagrammatic (ˌdaɪəɡrəˈmætɪk), adjective diagrammatically, adverb

Word Origin for diagram

C17: from Latin diagramma, from Greek, from diagraphein, from graphein to write